clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
white of the eye; cold, unwelcoming eyes
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
to present; to offer; to dedicate
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house
government office; agency; board
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
feeling; sensitivity; emotion
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
meaning; significance; sense
government service; government employ
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
the people; citizens; the populace
medical treatment (esp. surgical)
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
lower government office (ritsuryo system); servant of a higher ranking person (during the middle ages); retainer; servant of an urban family; serf
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
really; truly; indeed; good grief
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
capital; metropolis; old Kyoto
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)